Okhotsk Skate

Bathyraja violacea

Dorsal gray to brown; may have brown reticulations and light spots on fins, ventral side white with violet hues; orbital, scapular, nuchal, and mid-dorsal thorns absent; tail thorns 8-15 weak and random; dorsal side with areas of small fine denticles; tail length less than precaudal length

Occurence: W Bering Sea, possibly Aleutian Islands

Depth: 47-520 meters     Size: 145 cm

Species code: 495

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